Prensa



Regulación

Junio 2015 (Announcement). January 2016 (Regulación)

(EC, 2015)


Abril 2016 (borrador) - Agosto 2020 (aceptación)


Propuesta de niveles de iAs en cereales infantiles de arroz. Borrador guía para industria: iAs en cereales de arroz para infantes: Nivel de acción 100 µg/kg. Guía –> No es una regulación!



(Carey et al., 2018; Signes-Pastor et al., 2017, 2016)



Estrategias de los fabricantes de productos de arroz para reducir la carga de arsénico inorgánico:



Healthy babies bright future

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Closer to Zero plan

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Oportunidades y retos para intervenir la ingesta de arsénico en la dieta (Brief communication)

”La reducción de la ingesta dietética de arsénico solo se puede conseguir con un enfoque multisectorial, multiagencia, con base científica y de salud pública coordinado por legisladores e industria”

(Nachman et al., 2018)



Referencias

Carey, M., Donaldson, E., Signes-Pastor, A.J., Meharg, A.A., 2018. Dilution of rice with other gluten free grains to lower inorganic arsenic in foods for young children in response to European Union regulations provides impetus to setting stricter standards. Plos one 1–9.
EC, 2015. Commission Regulation 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs. Official Journal of the European Communities.
Nachman, K.E., Punshon, T., Rardin, L., Signes-Pastor, A.J., Murray, C.J., Jackson, B.P., Guerinot, M.L., Burke, T.A., Chen, C.Y., Ahsan, H., Argos, M., Cottingham, K.L., Cubadda, F., Ginsberg, G.L., Goodale, B.C., Kurzius-spencer, M., Meharg, A.A., Miller, M.D., Nigra, A.E., Pendergrast, C.B., Raab, A., Reimer, K., Scheckel, K.G., Schwerdtle, T., Taylor, V.F., Tokar, E.J., Warczak, T.M., Karagas, M.R., 2018. Opportunities and Challenges for Dietary Arsenic Intervention. Environmental Health Perspectives 126, 6–11. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3997
Signes-Pastor, A.J., Carey, M., Meharg, A.A., 2016. Inorganic arsenic in rice-based products for infants and young children. Food Chemistry 191, 128–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.078
Signes-Pastor, A.J., Woodside, J.V., Mcmullan, P., Mullan, K., Carey, M., Karagas, M.R., Meharg, A.A., 2017. Levels of infants’ urinary arsenic metabolites related to formula feeding and weaning with rice products exceeding the EU inorganic arsenic standard. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0176923